I would like to encourage people to sign up for the Rural By Design
conference hosted next week (Friday and Saturday, March 1 & 2) by the City
of Moscow. Some of you will remember that Randall Arendt was one of the
main speakers at the Coeur d'Alene conference this past June. It would be
particularly helpful for people interested in rural planning to attend.
Space may be limited, so sign up now. PCEI is hosting the Potluck dinner
at the Community Center Friday enening at 6:30pm.
Below is a registration form you can send in. Following that is the full
agenda. Hope to see you there!!!
Tom Lamar
Here are the details:
RURAL BY DESIGN:
Development and Conservation Alternatives for Better Communities
Featuring Randall Arendt, Natural Lands Trust, Media, PA Author of "Rural
by Design"
A two day Planning and Land Use Workshop sponsored by the City of Moscow in
cooperation with Latah County.
Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2, 1996
Community Center/City Hall
206 East 3rd Street
Moscow, ID 83843
Registration form:
Cut here and email to Dale Pernula at dpernula@moscow.com
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RURAL BY DESIGN:
Registration
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Name
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Address
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Phone Fax and/or E-Mail
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Organization Affiliation
Registration: $20 includes lunch Friday and refreshment breaks.
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RURAL BY DESIGN AGENDA:
Friday, March 1, 1996
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Workshop Overview
9:00 a.m. RURAL BY DESIGN
Randall Arendt shows the challenge of designing open space
subdivisions for livable neighborhoods to encourage community and retain
the original shape and style of our home towns. Confronted by the
unraveling of the planning process, cities and towns adopted laws that
drive the development process to the "Geography of Nowhere." Arendt
presents a distinctive alternative to the destruction of a sense of place
for small towns. "We can design subdivisions as if landscape, cultural
features, nature and people mattered."
10:30 a.m. Break/Refreshments provided
10:45 a.m. RURAL ON THE PALOUSE
Randall Arendt takes the methodology described earlier and applies
it to the unique issues and natural constraints/opportunities of the
Palouse. Arendt discusses the methodology of designing subdivisions and
integrating new subdivisions into the surrounding community. Considering
our local landscape and building patterns, Arendt discusses opportunities
and obstacles in planning, conservation and development. He introduces the
piece of the Palouse that will be used to illustrate the subdivision
process that retains open space and organizes development where it makes
sense, all while retaining housing density and flexible land use options.
Response panel, including local representatives of
citizens/professional and development engineers/planners, realtors,
architects, and concerned citizens, to comment on Mr. Arendt's
presentation. Questions and comments from the workshop participants
encouraged.
11:45 a.m. NOW YOU'LL SEE IT.
Bus and box lunch tour of the selected site.
1:15 p.m. Return to Community Center/City Hall
1:30 p.m. NOW THAT YOU' VE SEEN IT . . .
Following a brief discussion, workshop participants tackle a
warm-up exercise to illustrate the design process in small groups.
3:00 p.m. Break/refreshments
3:15 p.m. RURAL BY DESIGN IN PROCESS: STEP 1
Using an open space design approach, Randall Arendt synthesizes
workshop response, reviews the Palouse site and identifies primary and
secondary conservation areas, aiming for half of the project as buildable
land. He explores opportunities for neighborhood commercial uses and other
land use opportunities in addition to housing.
Response panel and questions follow.
4:30 p.m. Adjourn until potluck
6:30 p.m. ST DAVID'S DAY POTLUCK ON THE PALOUSE
Bring a dish (entree, salad or dessert) and celebrate the Palouse.
The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute and the City of Moscow
invite you to share an evening of food, fun, music and ideas. Meet Randall
Arendt informally as well as the workshop experts, citizens and just plain
friends of the Palouse. Utensils, etc., furnished. The Welsh will be
celebrating St. David's Day as well. Celtic roots are welcome!!
Saturday, March 2, 1996
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. RURAL BY DESIGN IN PROCESS: STEPS TWO, THREE AND FOUR
Randall Arendt places the lots on the project: How to position
houses for maximum views, how to locate other residential or commercial
uses for best effect for open space conservation and economic results.
Randall then connects streets, trails, bike and pedestrian access,
showing concern for the commons, management of views for everyone, and
efficient, cost-effective street and other infrastructure.
Finally, he completes the design process with the Palouse
prototype. Lot lines are last; the ordinary subdivision process is
reversed. The result is a livable, responsible, beautiful addition to
Moscow which will enhance the Palouse for years to come.
11:00 a.m. Lunch break for Mardi Gras Parade, Third and Main
1:00 p.m. RURAL BY DESIGN: A NEO-TRADITIONAL APPROACH
Looking at the street system first, Randall Arendt shows a more
formal approach to subdivision design on the Palouse site. He reviews
strategies for improving the design of new commercial areas.
2:00 p.m. RURAL BY DESIGN IN STRUCTURE
What technical/legal requirements come with this approach? Can
zoning densities be preserved or even increased? What happens to the old
zoning, subdivision system? Randall Arendt will spell out, in concrete
terms with sample ordinances, time lines and strategies, how Rural by
Design can be implemented.
3:00 p.m. RURAL BY DESIGN IN ACTION
Randall Arendt, in tandem with a panel including representatives of
planning, the law, local elected officials and the development community,
reviews the legal and economic environment of the Palouse for adoption of
the Rural by Design Process. What needs to happen? What controversies can
we expect? How can we involve broad segments of our communities in this
process? What economic benefits can we expect for the public and the
private sectors?
Most importantly, what is our next step?
4:00 p.m. Adjourn the workshop.
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
P O Box 8596; 112 West 4th St; Suite #1
Moscow ID 83843-1096
phone (208)882-1444 Fax (208)882-8029
e-mail pcei@moscow.com WWW http://www.moscow.com/Resources/PCEI
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